“Amnesiac swordswoman Shisanmei protects boy Anji across lawless Ming-era China with mystical Seven-Star swords.”
The Shadow Warrior
児女英雄伝
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Amnesiac swordswoman Shisanmei protects boy Anji across lawless Ming-era China with mystical Seven-Star swords.
Theatre of the events is the Chinese mainland in the late Ming period. Shisanmei, a beautiful woman with no memory reaches a lawless zone, dominated by bandits of all kinds. With the "Swords of the Seven Stars", a gift from an old hermit, she embarks on a new journey escorting Anji, a boy who aims to rescue his father that is wrongfully imprisoned. Soon a third mysterious element joins the singular group of travelers...
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A Manga Publication
- Format 14 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 52m approx
- Published Jan 1999 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M29775 catalog